Reduction of residual stresses in thick-walled composite cylinders by smart cure cycle with cooling and reheating

Composite Structures

Volumn 75, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 261-266

  Kim, Jong Woon ^a   Lee, Ji Hyung ^b   Kim, Hyoung Geun ^b   Kim, Hak Sung ^a   Lee, Dai Gil ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Agency for Defence Development   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Degree of cure; Radial cut cylinder bending; Residual stress; Smart cure; Solidification temperature; Thick carbon phenolic composite

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COOLING; PHENOLS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SOLIDIFICATION; TEMPERATURE;

PHENOLIC COMPOSITE; RADIAL-CUT-CYLINDER-BENDING; SMART CURE; SOLIDIFICATION TEMPERATURE;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

BENDING; CARBON FIBER; COMPOSITE; COOLING; CURING; CYLINDER; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATION; NOZZLE; PRESSURE; STRESS; SYNTHETIC RESIN;

EID: 33745926872     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.04.029     Document Type: Article

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